Anthony Davis

One Basketball player who you should probably get to know if you don’t know him already is Anthony Davis. Anthony Davis is a freshman Basketball player for the Kentucky Wild Cats. He was born on March11, 1993 in Chicago. He is Number 23 and plays the position of either the forward or center. Next is that he played high school basketball for Perspectives Charter School in Chicago, Illinois. When he was a junior in high school he was known for shooting threes from the right corner.  To go with that he was 6’7” and he is now 6’10”. Also when he was a sophomore he was only 6’4”, so he grew 3 inches in one year. Right now he is known for his blocked shots, rebounds, and dunks. Davis has been playing basketball for just about all of his life, and it is his favorite sport. In his freshman year he set a record of blocked shots with 116 blocked shots in just one year of basketball, and if you ask me that is quite a bit.

Davis also has family and he is the son of Anthony Davis Sr., he has a twin sister named Antoinette, and a older sister named Lesha.

Earvin "magic" Johnson

One of the best player’s that was forced to quit his NBA career was Earvin Johnson. He was forced to quit because he had a serious disease that could affect others NBA players. The disease Earvin was diagnosed was HIV or Human Immunodeficiency Virus. He was most commonly known to the fans as Magic Johnson, so usually if you here his name you probably won’t here Earvin but probably Magic. Magic played from 1979- 1991 and one year in 1996. For a majority of his career he played for the Los Angeles Lakers. Magic’s number one rivalry was Boston Celtics star point guard Larry Bird.

He was also a big winner when it came to the NBA finals. Magic won the finals in 1980, 1982, 1985, 1987, 1988, and out of all those years he was named most valuable player 3 times in 1980, 1982, and in 1987. And to go with all of those MVP’s he received MVP of the whole NBA 3 times in 1987, 1989, and 1990. Magic is also in the list of the top 50 NBA players of all time, and he comes in at number three on the list.

Wilt Chamberlain

Wilt Chamberlain (basketball player) was a 7’1” center who played a majority of his career with the 76ers and the Lakers. His biggest rival ever was Celtics Bill Russell. Wilt is probably most known for the only player to reach 100 points in one single game of basketball. He still to this holds that record. Also one of his most common nicknames is “The Big Dipper”. He played college ball with Kansas City Jay Hawks. Then after he played for them he went on to play in the NBA and on the Harlem Globetrotters. Finally after all his years of basketball he played volleyball which most people didn’t know.

He was never married once through his whole life. He has only starred in one movie his whole life and that was Conan the Barbarian. He was an outstanding 6’10” and became a basketball star. His first love was actually track and field. Finally He passed away from a heart attack on October 12, 1999, and he was only 63 years of age.

Records:

100 points in one game

55 rebounds in one game

In his 61- 62 seasons he averaged 50 points a game

Career Stats:

Points: 31, 419       Rebounds: 23, 924                        Assists: 4, 643         PPG: 30.1     RPG:22.9